Collapsible or folding box for holding fruit, confectionery, pastry, &amp;c.



PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903 G. W. KING, v GOLLAPSIBLE 0R FOLDING BOX FORHOLDING FRUIT,'

CONFEGTIONERY, PASTRY, 8w.-

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 22. 1902.-

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UNIT D STATES Patented November 17, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. KING, OFGLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

COLLAPSIBLE 0R FOLDING BOX FOR HOLDING FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, PASTRY,8L0.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,563, dated November1'7, 1903.

Application filed March ZZ, 1902. Serial No. 99,470. (Nomoclel) To aZZwhom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIAM KING,

lapsible or Folding Boxes for Holding Fruit,

Confectionery-,Pastry, or other Fragile Goods, of which the following isaspecification.

This invention relates to collapsible or folding boxes. Its object is toprovide a box which may be quickly and easily assembled and disassembledand which will be inexpensive to manufacture;

\Vith these and other objects in view thein vention consists in certainparts and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described,and pointed out in the appende claim.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective View of my improved box with the bottom raised, and Fig; 2is a vertical section of the box.

Like letters indicate like parts through the specification and drawings.

In carrying out my invention 1 make the four sides a b c d of the box ofone piece of thin wood or other suitable material which is scored acrossthe grain and folded over, so as to make the sides and enable the box tobe collapsed together when required, the two ends being connectedtogether by means of glue, paste, wire stitches, small rivets, or othersuitable fastenings. The bottom 6, which is a separate piece, is scoredacross its whole breadth, thereby providing an attaching part onf,whichis riveted or otherwise secured to one of the sides of the box anda hinge, so that when thebox is in the collapsed state'for packingorotherwise the bottom can be, raised up and will rest against the sidesof the box, as shown in Fig. 1. In the side of the box opposite thehinge of the bottom of the box there is a horizontal slit 9%,

in which a segmental extension 6, integral with and extending in theplane of the bottom, engages when the box is open ready for use. In thiscase the bottom of the box could not be inadvertently pushed up from thebottomand. so displace the contents.

When this box is set up from its knockdown position, the integralextension automatically enters the horizontal slit and forms a supportfor the front side of the bottom.

Further, the segmental extension 6 conforms to .the shape ot-the boxwhen said box is bent to remove or insert the segmental extension fromor in horizontal slit 11'. No sharp corners are provided which tend toenter the veneer in the direction of its grain and split the same.

What I claim is A collapsible or folding box constructed with foursides, and adapted to be collapsed,

--one of said sides being provided with a horizontal' slit; a hingedbottom scored'across its breadth to provide an attaching portion whichis secured within the box, to the side opposite the side with the slit,and a segmental extension integral with and extending in the plane ofthe bottom, adapted to fit in the slit to lock the cover in position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence oftwo Witnesses. I

GEO. W.'KING.

" Witnesses:

JOHN LIDDLE, AGNES MAoK NTosH..

